Re: UltiVillage UPA Championship DVDs clarifications

You got a lot of support Rob, don't worry. Sensible people won't hate
on you for making rational decisions that take economc factors into
consideration. My only complaint is that the titles of the DVDs aren't
too exciting.

And most/all of this is from a one man operation!

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Rob wrote:
> Thanks for the verbal support.
>
> I'm sure that every division would love it if I put together a Disc1
> type DVD of their divisions, but the fact of the matter is that this is
> not feasible. As it is, putting together the Open Division DVDs is
> barely feasible. The fact of the matter is that most people want to
> watch the best ultimate available. This happens to be Open. There is an
> interest in Women's, Masters, and Mixed but to date I have no hard
> evidence that a DVD featuring these divisions will sell well. I'm
> taking a risk and spending the money to produce such a DVD. If it sells
> well, there will be more to come in the near future. If it doesn't, it
> may be a while before I go down this road again.
>
> I'm flattered that people think UV is this ultimate institution that is
> going bring all of the ultimate imagineable to their door step. The
> fact of the matter is that every ultimate tournament I now film has to
> be able to help pay the bills. This isn't some selfless quest that I'm
> taking on, this is an attempt to build an ultimate based business that
> focusses on bringing the best ultimate in the world to your TV screen.
> There will come a time when I have the resources to produce a women's,
> mixed or masters DVD in the the Disc 1 genre. It may take a couple of
> years to get there though.
>
> UV has been around for just over 1 year and I'm very excited about the
> future of the business, but just like any other business, it has to
> grow sustainably. To try to give everybody everything they want right
> now is just not possible.
>
> Again, I want to thank everyone for your support throughtout 2005. If
> things keep going at the pace they are it won't be long before I'm able
> to focus on other divisions, but as for now, I know who butters my
> bread.
>
> Rob

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